1: Poor2: OK3: Good4: Very good5: Excellent6: FMF Must Try!

Food:3.5 (Based on what I tried)Service:n/aAmbiance: n/aOverall: n/aAdditional comments:

Specializes in tacos

Sustainable ingredients

Local ingredients

Gluten free

Homemade roasted tomato salsa

Budget friendly/Cheap eats

Breakfast tacos available

Daily specials

Vegetarian friendly

Vegan friendly

Catering available

Cash only

Mon – Fri: 11:30am – 2:30pm

**Recommendations: Roasted Yam & Black Bean Taco

I finally caught it! Well actually I didn’t catch it, but it was conveniently located next to Blue Smoke BBQ at the Main Street Station Vancouver Farmers Market. I was invited on a media tour of the market and the food trucks were naturally of interest to me.

I had heard of Off the Wagon Tacos before and after hearing so many good things I was looking forward to trying them. Mexican, South American, or any Latin food in Metro Vancouver isn’t anything to brag about (for the most part), especially compared to our Southern American neighbours. Vancouver is a diverse city, but it just doesn’t have that Latin population and there’s still lots of room for that cuisine to grow. Mind you, I haven’t tried every single Mexican or Latin restaurant yet, so maybe I just haven’t discovered the one.

Off the Wagon Tacos isn’t about traditional or authentic Mexican food though, so if you’re looking for that then maybe Doña Cata Mexican Food might be a better fit. There is also La Taqueria which is similar in concept to Off the Wagon with local and sustainable ingredients, but their tacos are more modern Mexican in style. Off the Wagon are West Coast style tacos with a healthy initiative, which is basically their own take on tacos. They use good quality, local and fresh ingredients, house made sauces, and little oil so it is not greasy, and they are made upon order too.

In the context of non-traditional tacos my favourite in the city so far are at TacoFino Cantina food truck. Those are more Californian Mexican tacos, which again are different than these ones, but if I had to choose I still like TacoFino. On the other hand I only tried 2 tacos at Off the Wagon, so perhaps I didn’t try enough. I was also still in awe with how good the food and value was at Blue Smoke BBQ, so trying this after was a slight disadvantage. It’s apples and oranges but they both fall under “food truck”. Although this wasn’t one of my favourite food trucks in the city, they have a great philosophy that they follow throughout and I wouldn’t mind trying the rest of their menu.